Wine and Champagne are bottled in various sizes; the wine you would typically purchase off the shelf from a wine merchant or a supermarket is a ‘standard’ 750ml wine bottle, but other sizes are available.
The size of wine bottles ranges from 187.5ml, referred to as ‘Split’ and is typically a one-glass serving, up to 15L. Magnum-sized bottles (1.5L) are available for specific wines and champagnes; for example, a Moet and Chandon Nebuchadnezzar is available for an eye-watering £1,200 per bottle! A 15L bottle is referred to as a ‘Nebuchadnezzar’ and is equal to twenty (yes 20!) bottles, roughly 100 glasses of wine!
What are the different bottle sizes?
Wine Bottle Sizes Chart
| Capacity | Name | Description | Amount of glasses |
| 187.5ml | Split | Usually for single glasses of Champagne (referred to as Piccolo in Italian) | 1 |
| 375ml | Half | It holds half a standard-size bottle (referred to as ‘Demi’ in France) | 2 |
| 750ml | Standard | Universal bottle size for most wines around the World | 5 |
| 1.5L | Magnum | Double the standard bottle | 10 |
| 3.0L | Double Magnum/Jeroboam | Two Magnums or four standard bottles | 20 |
| 4.5L | Rehoboam | Six standard bottles | 30 |
| 6.0L | Imperial | Eight standard bottles or two Double Magnums | 40 |
| 9.0L | Salmanazar | Twelve standard bottles | 60 |
| 12.0L | Balthazar | Sixteen standard bottles or two Imperials | 80 |
| 15.0L | Nebuchadnezzar | Twenty standard bottles | 100 |
About the Wine Bottle sizes names
Traditional different-sized wine bottles have been named after Biblical kings and historical figures, as shown below:
| Jeroboam | First King of The Kingdom |
| Salmanazar | Assyrian King |
| Balthazar | One of The Wise Men |
| Nebuchadnezzar | King of Babylon |
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I am designing and constructing a one of a kind in my basement. for display I wish to have the first 7-8-9 graduation f bottles beginning with a split through at least Salmanazar. to plan, I need the height of these bottles and the diameter at the widest point, but cannot find this on the net. Can you assist me please? Thank you so very much for your help.
are you talking champagne bottle? Or ‘Bordeaux’ design bottle shape? or ‘Burgundy’ design bottle shape? as they are all different. I have some large format ‘Riesling’ design bottles to 6L
Maybe try to find producers – for champagne try Pol Roger or Roederer as they make large format bottles and see if they have information on their websites – but there is no one consistent bottle shape